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2024 Paraguayan División Intermedia

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División Intermedia
Season2024
Dates5 April – 14 October 2024
ChampionsDeportivo Recoleta (2nd title)
PromotedDeportivo Recoleta
Tembetary
RelegatedMartín Ledesma
3 de Febrero
Atlético Colegiales
Matches played240
Goals scored567 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerLucas González (21 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Recoleta 6–0 Dep. Santaní
(15 April)
Biggest away winMartín Ledesma 0–4 Tembetary
(26 May)
Resistencia 0–4 12 de Junio
(20 July)
Highest scoringMartín Ledesma 4–4 Rubio Ñu
(21 June)
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 División Intermedia season, named "Homenaje a Daniel Giménez, Félix Quiñonez e Isidoro Benítez", was the 106th season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and the 27th under the División Intermedia name. The season began on 5 April and ended on 14 October 2024, and the fixtures for the season were drawn on 28 November 2023.[1][2]

Deportivo Recoleta and Tembetary earned promotion to the Paraguayan Primera División at the end of the season, with the former clinching a top two finish with three matchdays to go by defeating Pastoreo on 22 September,[3] and the latter doing so on the following matchday, beating Fernando de la Mora on 29 September.[4] Deportivo Recoleta ended up winning their second División Intermedia title after a 1–1 with Fernando de la Mora and a 3–1 loss for Tembetary against Sportivo Carapeguá on the final matchday of the season.[5]

Format

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16 teams took part in the competition, which was played under a double round-robin system with teams playing each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 30 matches. The top two teams at the end of the season were promoted to the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2025 season, while the bottom three teams in the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated: teams located within 50 kilometres of Asunción were relegated to Primera División B, while teams from outside Greater Asunción and the Central Department were relegated to Primera División B Nacional.

Teams

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Team changes

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16 teams competed in the season: 11 teams from the previous División Intermedia season plus the two teams relegated from Primera División in its 2023 season (Guaireña and Resistencia), the 2023 Primera División B champions Tembetary, the 2023 Primera División B Nacional champions 12 de Junio, and the 2022–23 Campeonato Nacional de Interligas champions Encarnación.[6]

Promoted to 2024 Primera División Relegated from 2023 Primera División Promoted from 2023 Tercera División Relegated to 2024 Tercera División
Sol de América
2 de Mayo 		Guaireña
Resistencia 		12 de Junio (Primera B Nacional)
Encarnación (Campeonato Nacional de Interligas)
Tembetary (Primera B Metropolitana) 		Atyrá (Primera B Nacional)
24 de Setiembre (Primera B Metropolitana)
12 de Octubre (Primera B Metropolitana)

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2024 División Intermedia teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
3 de Febrero Ciudad del Este Antonio Aranda 23,500
12 de Junio Villa Hayes Facundo de León 6,000
Atlético Colegiales Lambaré Luciano Zacarías 4,500
Deportivo Recoleta Asunción CARDIF[7] 1,800
Deportivo Santaní San Estanislao Juan José Vázquez 8,000
Encarnación Encarnación Villa Alegre 16,000
Fernando de la Mora Asunción Emiliano Ghezzi 6,000
Guaireña Villarrica Parque del Guairá 11,000
Independiente (CG) Asunción Ricardo Gregor 4,000
Martín Ledesma Capiatá Enrique Soler 5,000
Pastoreo Juan Manuel Frutos Liga Caaguazú de Fútbol[8] 5,000
Resistencia Asunción Tomás Beggan Correa 3,500
Rubio Ñu Asunción La Arboleda 8,000
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Gunther Vogel 5,000
Sportivo Carapeguá Carapeguá Municipal de Carapeguá 10,000
Tembetary Villa Elisa Luis Alfonso Giagni[i] 11,000
Notes
  1. ^ Used as home stadium for the season since Tembetary's stadium Complejo Tembetary in Villa Elisa did not meet APF requirements.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Recoleta (C, P) 30 19 8 3 57 20 +37 65 Promotion to Primera División
2 Tembetary (P) 30 19 5 6 46 24 +22 62
3 Sportivo Carapeguá 30 17 7 6 45 27 +18 58
4 San Lorenzo 30 12 10 8 35 31 +4 46
5 Resistencia 30 13 6 11 35 35 0 45
6 Encarnación 30 12 8 10 43 39 +4 44
7 Rubio Ñu 30 11 9 10 33 35 −2 42[a]
8 Deportivo Santaní 30 11 9 10 35 33 +2 42[a]
9 Guaireña[b] 30 10 11 9 30 25 +5 38[c]
10 Independiente (CG) 30 10 8 12 33 37 −4 38[c]
11 12 de Junio 30 10 8 12 35 35 0 38[c]
12 Martín Ledesma 30 8 12 10 28 35 −7 36
13 Fernando de la Mora 30 8 11 11 31 33 −2 35
14 3 de Febrero 30 6 11 13 24 37 −13 29
15 Pastoreo 30 6 5 19 28 50 −22 23
16 Atlético Colegiales 30 2 4 24 28 70 −42 10
Source: APF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Head-to-head points, 3) Head-to-head goal difference, 4) Overall goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Playoff game (if needed to decide championship between two teams) or Drawing of lots (if three teams or more are tied).
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Rubio Ñu 6, Deportivo Santaní 0.
  2. ^ Guaireña were deducted three points as punishment for failing to pay a debt with player Enrique Borja.[9]
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Guaireña 7, Independiente (CG) 5, 12 de Junio 4.

Results

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Home \ Away 3FE 12J CAC REC SAN ENC FDM GUA IND MAL PAS RES RUB SSL SPC TEM
3 de Febrero — 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–2
12 de Junio 2–0 — 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–3
Atlético Colegiales 2–3 2–3 — 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–3 4–1 0–1
Deportivo Recoleta 1–0 2–0 4–2 — 6–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–1
Deportivo Santaní 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0
Encarnación 0–0 2–0 5–1 0–1 3–2 — 4–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Fernando de la Mora 2–1 2–0 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 — 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Guaireña 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Independiente (CG) 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 — 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–5
Martín Ledesma 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 — 1–0 1–2 4–4 0–1 0–0 0–4
Pastoreo 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 — 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–1
Resistencia 0–0 0–4 2–0 1–3 1–3 5–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 — 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2
Rubio Ñu 0–0 1–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 — 0–1 0–1 0–2
San Lorenzo 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 — 1–0 1–0
Sportivo Carapeguá 2–3 1–1 4–3 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 — 3–1
Tembetary 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 —
Source: APF, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Paraguay Lucas González Deportivo Recoleta 21
2 Paraguay César Villagra Rubio Ñu 12
Paraguay Richart Ortiz Encarnación
4 Paraguay Augusto Giménez Sportivo Carapeguá 11
5 Paraguay Roland Escobar Deportivo Santaní 10
Paraguay Luis Galeano Fernando de la Mora
7 Paraguay Fernando Escobar Resistencia / Encarnación 9
Paraguay Carlos Duarte Guaireña
9 Paraguay Juan Roa Tembetary 8
10 Paraguay Jesús Cáceres Guaireña / Sportivo Carapeguá 7
Paraguay Jesús Amarilla 3 de Febrero

Source: APF

Relegation

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Relegation was determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the total of points earned per game over the past three seasons. The three teams with the lowest average were relegated to Primera División B or Primera División B Nacional for the following season, depending on their geographical location.

Pos
 Team
 2022
Pts		 2023
Pts		 2024
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg Relegation
1 Tembetary — — 62 62 30 2.067
2 Deportivo Recoleta — 51 65 116 60 1.933
3 Sportivo Carapeguá — 43 58 101 60 1.683
4 San Lorenzo 54 42 46 142 90 1.578
5 Resistencia — — 45 45 30 1.5
6 Independiente (CG) 41 51 41 133 90 1.478
7 Encarnación — — 44 44 30 1.467
8 Fernando de la Mora 48 48 35 131 90 1.456
9 Rubio Ñu 44 44 42 130 90 1.444
10 Deportivo Santaní 33 44 42 119 90 1.322
11 Pastoreo 53 43 23 119 90 1.322
12 Guaireña — — 38 38 30 1.267
13 12 de Junio — — 38 38 30 1.267
14 Martín Ledesma (R) 45 31 36 112 90 1.244 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana
15 3 de Febrero (R) 35 39 29 103 90 1.144 Relegation to Primera B Nacional
16 Atlético Colegiales (R) 36 32 10 78 90 0.867 Relegation to Primera B Metropolitana

Source: APF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Competencia 2024 de la Intermedia, entre abril y octubre" [2024 Intermedia competition, from April to October] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Así se jugará el torneo de la Intermedia 2024" [This is how the 2024 Intermedia tournament will be played] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Deportivo Recoleta retorna a Primera División" [Deportivo Recoleta return to Primera División] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ "¡Tembetary vuelve a Primera División tras casi 30 años en el ascenso!" [Tembetary are back in Primera División after almost 30 years in the lower tiers!] (in Spanish). Versus. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ^ "¡Recoleta baja su segunda estrella en la Intermedia!" [Recoleta lower their second star in the Intermedia!] (in Spanish). Versus. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Estos serán los 16 equipos de Intermedia que lucharán por subir a Primera" [These will be the 16 Intermedia teams that will fight to promote to Primera] (in Spanish). Versus. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Intermedia: El "Canario" anida en el Cardif" [Intermedia: The Canary nests at the Cardif] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Intermedia: Pastoreo juega de local en el nuevo estadio de Caaguazú" [Intermedia: Pastoreo play at home at Caaguazú's new stadium] (in Spanish). Desde Caaguazú. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Guaireña perderá puntos por causa de "Zlatan"" [Guaireña will be deducted points due to "Zlatan"] (in Spanish). Versus. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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